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“The Lego Movie: The Second Part” is not necessarily the movie we need, but it is the one we deserve.
An impressive sequel to an already impressive prequel, it transports the audience back to the world of Emmet Brickowski, an unassuming and cheerful Lego man who just returned from his persona...

Hundreds of people gathered in Redwood City for Brave Maker’s first feature film screening event at the Cinemark Theatre.
“For tonight, my hope is to create a conversation about immigration. It is something I have felt pretty ignorant about in the past few months, and I wanted to find ways to ...

“Some of the movies we watch are like time capsules,” a member of the Classic Film Club said while describing the club.
Although there are various other movie-watching clubs at Carlmont, the Classic Film Club is unique. While the other clubs choose popular movies that have recently been in theat...

He’s done it again.
Wes Anderson has come through with another quality film that managed to blow me away with its creativity and guile.
Set in future Japan, “Isle of Dogs” tells the story of a world in which, through Mayor Kobayashi’s fear mongering and propaganda, all dogs have been sent...

Surrounded by various picture books and stuffed animals, volunteer Mickey Wicz begins to read to a small gaggle of children.
Each Wednesday evening from 7–7:30 p.m., the San Mateo County Library (SMCL) hosts a Pajama Storytime. The San Carlos Library is one of the libraries that host this event....

Discussing sound-layering techniques with other filmmakers. Publicizing your documentary or music video to a large audience. Forming connections with real-life movie producers.
At the San Mateo County Libraries' 10th annual Teen Film Festival, filmmakers from 9th to 12th grade presented their short f...

Marvel’s movie “Black Panther” continues to dominate the box office, taking in another $108 million in its second weekend of release. Kendrick Lamar’s latest companion album, “Black Panther: The Album” sold a total of 131,000 copies to remain at Number One on Billboard's Top 100.
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Many students gathered to join the Belmont Library in their 72 Hour Movie Making Challenge on Nov. 17, 2017.
The original challenge of the competition was to make a movie with only three days to work; all the participants' hard work would be displayed that Friday.
Kayla Marie Figard, the teen services librarian for the Belm...

In a conversation with the Associated Press, acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese stated that “cinema is gone.” Although Scorsese has had an unrivaled career as a director and film enthusiast, I sadly feel that he is incorrect. Film in the 21st century has been just as inventive, creative, and ...

The path to perfection for any live-action or animation film requires more than lights, camera, and action. This is a truth that filmmakers know all too well, but the finished product is always worth the effort.
Animation Club meets Fridays at lunch in F10, while Filmmaking Club meets on the first...

In Marvel’s recent film, “Doctor Strange,” the casting choice of Caucasian actress Tilda Swinton to play a Tibetan character has led to many complaints of a lack of diversity in American films today.
The movie industry has been highly denounced for the practice of “whitewashing”-- casting whit...

The art of film making is one that can only be fully appreciated by those with a passion for it.
Carlmont's Film Club is a group of individuals who joined because they truly enjoy making films.
Sophomore Jason Jung, founder and president of the club said, "I started Film Club because I enjoy making...